Anza-Borrego: Plant Guide To Villager Peak Trail

mile	s	#	id	Common Name	Latin Name	#here	#all
0.00				Begin guide at Call Box S22-319 at jct. of S22 and Truckhaven Trail; head north toward easternmost tip of Lute Ridge on either one of two use trails; elevation ~965 feet (294 m). The following 8 annuals are all at the trailhead vicinity, given in alphabetical order
0.00	b	1		hairy sand-verbena	Abronia villosa var. villosa	20 / 4	21
0.00	b	2		frost mat	Achyronychia cooperi	10 / 3	13
0.00	b	3		*Asian mustard	Brassica tournefortii	99 / 9	65
0.00	b	4		desert pincushion	Chaenactis stevioides	10 / 1	17
0.00	b	5		narrow-leaved cryptantha	Cryptantha angustifolia	99 / 9	37
0.00	b	6		downy dalea	Dalea mollissima	3 / 2	14
0.00	b	7		desert plantain	Plantago ovata	99 / 9	51
0.00	b	8		*Mediterranean schismus	Schismus barbatus	99 / 9	70
0.00	b	9		creosote bush	Larrea tridentata	99 / 9	78
0.00	b	10		burroweed	Ambrosia dumosa	99 / 9	71
0.00		11		Emory's indigo-bush	Psorothamnus emoryi	2 / 1	30
0.02	r	12		white rhatany	Krameria grayi	50 / 9	56
0.03	r	13		brown-eyed primrose	Camissonia claviformis ssp. peirsonii	99 / 9	42
0.04		14		desert lily	Hesperocallis undulata	10 / 3	22
0.04		15		California suncup	Camissonia californica	99 / 9	80
0.04	r			(pencil cholla, Opuntia ramosissima)
0.06		16		big galleta	Pleuraphis rigida	40 / 9	62
0.07	r	17		Arizona lupine	Lupinus arizonicus	30 / 9	38
0.08	l	18		desert chicory	Rafinesquia neomexicana	10 / 3	45
0.08	l	19		heliotrope phacelia	Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua	99 / 9	21
0.08		20		silver cholla	Opuntia echinocarpa	99 / 9	33
0.10	b	21		ocotillo	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	99 / 9	69
0.15	r	22		hairy-podded pepper-grass	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum	50 / 5	49
0.15	r	23		desert dandelion	Malacothrix glabrata	10 / 2	33
0.15		24		button encelia	Encelia frutescens	20 / 5	15
0.15		25		spectacle-pod	Dithyrea californica	5 / 1	13
0.16		26		Parish's poppy	Eschscholzia parishii	20 / 9	29
0.16	l	27		small-flowered poppy	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	50 / 9	30
0.16	l	28		white tackstem	Calycoseris wrightii	50 / 9	11
0.18	l	29		pencil cholla	Opuntia ramosissima	30 / 9	23
0.18	r	30		California barrel cactus	Ferocactus cylindraceus+	99 / 9	54
0.19	l	31		sweetbush	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	30 / 7	75
0.25		32		bearded cryptantha	Cryptantha barbigera	50 / 9	33
0.26	l	33		rush milkweed	Asclepias subulata	8 / 2	10
0.26		34		wire-lettuce	Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora	30 / 5	70
0.26		35		Thurber's sandpaper-plant	Petalonyx thurberi ssp. thurberi	30 / 3	29
0.27	l	36		desert lavender	Hyptis emoryi	30 / 5	62
0.27	l	37		wishbone plant	Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa	20 / 5	49
0.27	l	38		cheesebush	Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola	99 / 5	58
0.27	l	39		desert needle	Palafoxia arida var. arida	2 / 1	39
0.29		40		indigo bush	Psorothamnus schottii	50 / 7	59
0.31	r	41		Palmer's coldenia	Tiquilia palmeri	10 / 3	22
0.32	r	42		Booth's desert primrose	Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata	50 / 7	38
0.33	l	43		Thomas' buckwheat	Eriogonum thomasii	20 / 9	33
0.37	l	44		hairy desert-sunflower	Geraea canescens	1 / 1	18
0.38	r	45		desert trumpet	Eriogonum inflatum	30 / 3	57
0.38	b	46		small-seeded spurge	Chamaesyce polycarpa	50 / 3	71
0.40		47		rock hibiscus	Hibiscus denudatus	50 / 9	39
0.40		48		Texas filaree	Erodium texanum	5 / 2	16
0.40		49		Guadalupe cryptantha	Cryptantha maritima	99 / 9	33
0.40		50		broad-fruited combseed	Pectocarya platycarpa	2 / 2	6
0.42		51		brittle spineflower	Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu	99 / 9	45
0.48	r			(catclaw, Acacia greggii; brittlebush, Encelia farinosa)
0.49	l	52		white-stemmed blazing star	Mentzelia albicaulis	1 / 1	8
0.58		53		brittlebush	Encelia farinosa	99 / 9	74
0.59		54		dune primrose	Oenothera deltoides ssp. deltoides	20 / 3	9
0.59		55		Schott's calico	Loeseliastrum schottii	5 / 2	18
0.60				Jct. Lute Ridge to west; trail is now well defined, well marked with cairns; elevation 1040 feet (317 m)
0.62				Cross small drainage
0.63		56		pebble pincushion	Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia	99 / 9	23
0.63		57		six-weeks three-awn	Aristida adscensionis	99 / 9	28
0.63		58		trailing four o'clock	Allionia incarnata	10 / 3	21
0.81	l	59		beavertail cactus	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	30 / 9	63
0.81	l	60		yellow-head	Trichoptilium incisum	10 / 3	18
0.87	l	61		star gilia	Gilia stellata	10 / 5	18
0.89	r	62	~	fivewing spiderling	Boerhavia intermedia	30 / 1	12
0.89	r	63		bracted blazing star	Mentzelia involucrata	5 / 2	30
0.92	l			(Pima rhatany, Krameria erecta)
0.92	l	64		cottontop cactus	Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus	1 / 1	4
0.95	r	65		devil's spineflower	Chorizanthe rigida	10 / 2	24
0.95	l	66		desert star	Monoptilon bellioides	20 / 3	19
1.00	b	67		bristly langloisia	Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima	5 / 2	8
1.00	l	68		Gander's cholla	Opuntia ganderi+	99 / 9	57
1.03	l			(fish-hook cactus, Mammillaria tetrancistra)
1.05	r	69		Emory's rock-daisy	Perityle emoryi	99 / 9	45
1.07	l	70		catclaw	Acacia greggii	5 / 1	69
1.07	r			(threadstem, Pterostegia drymarioides; glandular nemacladus, Nemacladus glanduliferus var. glanduliferus; desert mistletoe, Phoradendron californicum; Mojave ragwort, Senecio mohavensis)
1.08	r	71		narrowleaf ditaxis	Ditaxis lanceolata	99 / 3	47
1.08	l	72		desert five-spot	Eremalche rotundifolia	5 / 1	15
1.08	l	73	ssp	curvenut combseed	Pectocarya recurvata	50 / 2	21
1.08	l	74		purple three-awn	Aristida purpurea	30 / 9	21
1.10	r	75		whispering bells	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	5 / 3	37
1.13	l	76		California fagonia	Fagonia laevis	50 / 3	32
1.14	r	77		Nevada cryptantha	Cryptantha nevadensis	2 / 2	5
1.16	r			(pygmy-weed, Crassula connata; woolly lipfern, Cheilanthes parryi)
1.17	r	78		California filago	Filago californica	50 / 1	39
1.17	r			(desert agave, Agave deserti)
1.18	r	79		Mojave ragwort	Senecio mohavensis	50 / 1	28
1.20	r	80		woolly lipfern	Cheilanthes parryi	10 / 1	41
1.21	l	81		smoke tree	Psorothamnus spinosus	10 / 1	33
1.23	r			(ghost flower, Mohavea confertiflora; pygmy-cedar, Peucephyllum schottii; Yuma spurge, Chamaesyce setiloba; strigose lotus, Lotus strigosus)
1.23	l			(blue palo verde, Cercidium floridum ssp. floridum)
1.23	r	82		Jones' linanthus	Linanthus jonesii	7 / 1	2
1.23	r	83		Santa Rosa Mountain bearded cryptantha	Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae	2 / 1	2
1.23				Leave wash and ascend steep cliff on well-marked, switchbacked trail to get on ridge; elevation ~1180 feet (360 m)
1.27	l	84		thick-leaved ground cherry	Physalis crassifolia	1 / 1	35
1.37		85		teddy-bear cholla	Opuntia bigelovii	99 / 9	43
1.76		86		Pima rhatany	Krameria erecta	50 / 9	25
1.77	l			(California trixis, Trixis californica var. californica)
1.80	l			(San Felipe dogweed, Adenophyllum porophylloides)
1.82	r	87		beetle spurge	Euphorbia eriantha	1 / 1	12
1.88		88		desert agave	Agave deserti	99 / 4	43
2.01	r	89		fish-hook cactus	Mammillaria tetrancistra	2 / 1	9
2.20				elevation 2260 feet (690 m)
2.20				The following species are from a separate survey of the area above this point, and hence are not necessarily on trail:
2.20		90		California trixis	Trixis californica var. californica	5 / 3	41
2.28	l	91		strigose lotus	Lotus strigosus	2 / 1	68
2.31		92		goldenhead	Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. sphaerocephalus	2 / 1	4
2.40				O. ganderi with pink spines
2.51		93		bajada lupine	Lupinus concinnus	1 / 1	52
2.76	b	94		bright-white	Prenanthella exigua	20 / 1	2
2.81		95		California matchweed	Gutierrezia californica	1 / 1	19
2.91				First view of Rattlesnake Spring to right; elevation 2900 feet (884 m)
3.50				Elevation 3280 feet (1000 m); knob 3261 feet to right
4.50				Flattish area at elevation ~4300 feet (1310 m)
6.00				First area of green trees marked on topo map; elevation ~5300 feet (1615 m)
6.30				Peak just before Villager Peak; elevation 5640 feet (1719 m)
6.60				Villager Peak; elevation 5756 feet (1754 m)

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Last update: 11 February 2011.